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Alvord, Henry Elijah

(Encyclopedia) Alvord, Henry Elijah, 1844–1904, American agriculturist, educator, and specialist in dairy husbandry, b. Greenfield, Mass. He pioneered in developing the cooperative creamery system…

Braid, James

(Encyclopedia) Braid, James, 1795?–1860, English surgeon and writer on hypnotism and magic. The first to use the term hypnotism instead of mesmerism or animal magnetism, he also demonstrated that it…

echidna, in zoology

(Encyclopedia) echidnaechidnaĭkĭdˈnə [key] or spiny anteater, animal of the order Monotremata, the egg-laying mammals. A short-legged, grayish brown animal, the echidna is covered with sharp quills…

aardwolf

(Encyclopedia) aardwolfaardwolfärdˈw&oobreve;lf [key], carnivore of the hyena family. The aardwolf, Proteles cristatus, resembles the true hyena but is smaller and more delicate. It has less…

vegetarianism

(Encyclopedia) vegetarianism, theory and practice of eating only fruits and vegetables, thus excluding animal flesh, fish, or fowl and often butter, eggs, and milk. In a strict vegetarian, or vegan,…

Tinbergen, Nikolaas

(Encyclopedia) Tinbergen, Nikolaas, 1907–88, Anglo-Dutch zoologist, b. Netherlands. He received his Ph.D. in 1932 from the Univ. of Leiden, where he became professor of zoology in 1947. In 1949 he…

All-Time Top Ten Grossing Animated Films

All-Time Top Ten Grossing Animated FilmsRankTitleStudioDomestic gross1Date opened1.Shrek 2DreamWorks$436,471,0365/19/042. Finding NemoDisney/Pixar339,714,9785/30/033.The Lion KingBuena…